MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 20:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 157 2-Core 298 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 796 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2870 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 200 Parallax 201 158% 198 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 188 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 2,150 Write 254 Mixed 437 202% 947 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.3 164% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 88.8 138% 268 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11909 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1472 (B1) Unknown 94 94 124 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 282 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35298412156	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 48.5 183% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 116 134% 232 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 290GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895160 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5081 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1111 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9345 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684314660 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 183 Write 97.6 Mixed 165 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 146GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895157 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4147 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 188979216420 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 169 Mixed 141 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 28.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	108x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	91x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	62x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	45x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	133x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	45x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $791

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16